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Pope Francis’ First Comments On Laudato Si’ by Rocco Palmo of Whispers in the Loggia - Big Pulpit

How Planned Parenthood’s Greed Helps Explain Climate Change – Elizabeth Scalia, The Anchoress

Same-Sex ‘Marriage': The Victims, The Children - Jamey Brown, Catholic Stand

An Insider’s Look at the Papacy of Francis – Kathy Schiffer, Seasons of Grace

If #LoveWins, What Has Lost? by Father Anthony Gerber of Pursued by Truth - Big Pulpit

A Crisis Among Catholic Families – Dr. Gregory K. Popcak, OSV Daily Take

Discernment Games - Emma King, Ignitum Today

From Mystical Premonitions to Contemplation – David Torkington, Catholic Spiritual Direction

Contemporary Culture Wars: Is History Repeating? - Kevin Symonds, Catholic Stand

Where To Go From Here: Reflections of a Millennial – Steven Arms, The CWR Blog

Ten Ways Bishop-Elect Robert Barron Bosses at Evangelization - Mel West, Epic Pew

Untethering Sacramental Marriage from Civil Marriage – Luma Simms, Crisis Magazine

How the ‘Our Father’ Prayer Can Change Your Life – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head

The Incoherent, Dangerous Formulations of Justice Kennedy – Russell Shaw, The Catholic World Report

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Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne attends a German Synodal Way assembly on March 9, 2023.

Four German Bishops Resist Push to Install Permanent ‘Synodal Council’

Given the Vatican’s repeated interventions against the German process, the bishops said they would instead look to the Synod of Bishops in Rome. Meanwhile, on Monday, German diocesan bishops approved the statutes for a synodal committee; and there are reports that the synodal committee will meet again in June.

Palestinian Christians celebrate Easter Sunday Mass at Holy Family Church in Gaza City on March 31, amid the ongoing battles Israel and the Hamas militant group.

People Explain ‘Why I Go to Mass’

‘Why go to Mass on Sundays? It is not enough to answer that it is a precept of the Church. … We Christians need to participate in Sunday Mass because only with the grace of Jesus, with his living presence in us and among us, can we put into practice his commandment, and thus be his credible witnesses.’ —Pope Francis